Thursday, 26 June 2014

You may well have noticed Google’s recent announcement that they are now offering comprehensive GB public transport journey planning through Google Maps. This latest initiative is their largest single integration of transit data anywhere in the world to date.

ITO World is proud to have been a key data partner in this project, with a role in refining, augmenting and customising the Traveline TNDS data in order to meet Google’s requirements.

We believe this is an important step forward for all of us and for people wishing to travel. It will ensure that GB public transport information is easily accessed by millions of people via their computers and mobile devices on a daily basis. Media coverage of the launch has been extensive and it was the top story on BBC’s technology news for most of the week: